Sebelius Said to Weigh Run for Kansas Senate Seat — WASHINGTON — In her darkest hour last fall, Kathleen Sebelius suffered one of the deepest cuts from an old family friend who accused her of “gross incompetence” over the rollout of the Affordable Care Act and demanded that she resign as secretary of health and human services.

Bloomberg Plans a $50 Million Challenge to the N.R.A. — Michael R. Bloomberg, making his first major political investment since leaving office, plans to spend $50 million this year building a nationwide grass-roots network to motivate voters who feel strongly about curbing gun violence …

How the President Got to ‘I Do’ on Same-Sex Marriage — Photo illustration by Daan Brand for The New York Times. Obama: Mark Wilson/Getty Images. — By presidential fund-raising standards, the dinner at the St. Regis hotel in Washington in April 2011 was an intimate one.

Uninsured Rate Drops More in States Embracing Health Law — Medicaid expansion, state exchanges linked to faster reduction in uninsured rate — WASHINGTON, D.C. — The uninsured rate among adults aged 18 and older in the states that have chosen to expand Medicaid and set up their own exchanges …

A Star Player Accused, and a Flawed Rape Investigation — Tallahassee, Fla. — Early on the morning of Dec. 7, 2012, a freshman at Florida State University reported that she had been raped by a stranger somewhere off campus after a night of drinking at a popular Tallahassee bar called Potbelly's.

Cliven Bundy and BLM: 10 things to know — Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy has reignited the debate about federal power and states' rights: When the Bureau of Land Management seized nearly 400 cattle belonging to Bundy for grazing on federal land without a permit, protesters gathered in a remote part …

Is New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez the Next Sarah Palin? — Petty. Vindictive. Weak on policy. And yet she's being hailed as the Republican Party's great new hope. — AS SHE LIKES TO TELL anybody who'll listen, Susana Martinez, the governor of New Mexico, didn't start out a Republican.

Jeb Bush's wife, family issues key to 2016 — If Jeb Bush decides to run for president, he'll have to defend his family's controversial political name. — But more immediate family concerns might keep him from running at all. — Republican donors and operatives are chattering …

What I learned as a liberal talking head on Fox News — Christian Science Monitor - 16 hrs ago — In the fall of 2013, I gave a TED talk on what I learned as a progressive, on-air talking head at Fox News, where I worked for two years before leaving and joining my current home, CNN.

Getting Away With Murder — CPJ's 2014 Global Impunity Index spotlights countries where journalists are slain and the killers go free — Syria has joined the list of countries where journalists' murders are most likely to go unpunished, while Iraq, Somalia, and the Philippines once again …

Here's What the CIA Director Was Really Doing in Kiev — The head of the CIA just made a secretive journey to Ukraine—to do what, he won't say. But the answer could change the power equation in the hottest of geopolitical hotspots. — The Obama administration is now considering …

GOP right: Where's O-Care bill? — Top House conservatives are pressuring Republican leaders to bring an ObamaCare replacement bill to a vote by the August recess. — Conservatives cheered when Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) pledged a vote during the House GOP's annual retreat in January …

Can Facebook Innovate? A Conversation With Mark Zuckerberg — For my column this week about Facebook's new approach to creating social apps, I spent some time talking to Mark E. Zuckerberg, the company's co-founder and chief executive. We met in a conference room at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park …

Coalition of the Disappointed — Obama fires up racial and gender resentments to get out the vote. — You can tell it's an election year because so many noncrises are suddenly urgent priorities. Real median household income is still lower than it was in 2007, the smallest share of Americans …

The Rule of the Lawless — Deserts always feel like my natural habitat, and I am very fond of them. That being said, I have, for my sins, spent a fair amount of time in Clark County, Nev., and it is not the loveliest stretch of desert in these United States, or even in the top twelve.

Revised SAT Won't Include Obscure Vocabulary Words — The College Board on Wednesday will release many details of its revised SAT, including sample questions and explanations of the research, goals and specifications behind them. — “We are committed to a clear and open SAT …

An update on our press pass — Last week, the Senate Press Gallery denied SCOTUSblog's application for a press pass, and advised us that it would refuse to renew the credential it had previously granted Lyle when it expires next month. We were disappointed in that decision …

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